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Check out new The Amazing Spider-Man 2 IMAX FANFIX ™ and Get Tickets TODAY!

By IMAX 上 四月 7, 2014

Exclusively for IMAX fans as part of the IMAX FANFIX™ series, those attending first showings* of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in IMAX® 3D will receive a limited edition IMAX FANFIX print featuring original artwork by British artist Matt Taylor. The artwork is a collaboration between Sony, Marvel, IMAX and Mondo. (See participating theatres list at the end of this post)

We had the opportunity to chat with super-cool artist Matt Taylor about creating the new IMAX FANFIX for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Besides the fact that he is a spidey fan himself (who isn’t?), he also dreams of having a unique superpower that may surprise you. Check out the Q&A with Matt below, but first, feast your eyes on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 IMAX FANFIX:

Matt Taylor Q&A

What is your background? Where did you get your start?

I studied graphic design at university and have been working freelance as an illustrator for about ten years now. I started out doing work for friends, small magazines and flyers for club nights and clawed my way up from there.

We see that you’ve worked on artwork for films in the past. Which films did you enjoy working on and why?

I've been lucky enough to work with Mondo on a number of movie posters over the last six months. My favourite is for Rian Johnson's Brick, one of my own all-time favourite movies (and one which I think is a little bit overlooked). The project was a dream to work on - the first idea I pitched was accepted, and Rian was really complimentary about the finished piece - Mondo were kind enough to get a copy of the print signed by the cast and crew and it'll soon be hanging on the wall of my studio (and breaking my rule about not hanging my own art).

Are you a Spider-Man fan?

Of course! Who isn't?

What was the inspiration behind the artwork created for the IMAX FANFIX for The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

I wanted to have something set against the city that played to the scale that IMAX offers. I didn't want Spider-Man to be too big in the frame so that New York was as much of a character in the piece as Spidey. More than anything I wanted to take a slightly different view on Spider-Man so that it wasn't the traditional Ditko-esque traditional pose you tend to see.

What characteristics about Spider-Man were you most inspired by when creating this art?

I wanted to try and capture the freedom of swinging and diving through the city. Spider-Man is pretty unique in how he interacts with his environment and that definitely seemed to be the way to go.

Is there a style of art that you followed when creating this piece?

I just stuck to the style of drawing I've been doing recently - I consciously tried to make it less cartoony so that it was obviously a poster for the movie rather than the comic.

Did you have any specific parameters or initial ideas that were provided beforehand?

Mondo and IMAX pretty much gave me free reign to approach this as I wanted.

Was your first draft accepted? If not, what feedback were you given? If so, where did you go from there?

I think I submitted about six sketches, but they were all sent in at once so that they had a few options to choose from in one go, rather than having ideas rejected and then having to do some more. I tried to cover a range of content, from drawings of Spidey swinging through the city, to scenes with him and the villains of the piece, to more iconic hero-shot style illustrations. I was lucky that the sketch I submitted for the idea which was chosen was basically approved as it was - apart from a note to add a little more detail to Spider-Man himself.

What visuals were you given in advance for creative inspiration for this print?

I had a watch of all the trailers and featurettes online and also the first Amazing Spider-Man to try and get the tone of the film right. Usually if I was doing a poster I would try and watch the film first, but obviously that wasn't possible in this case.

What were your color choices and why?

In the original sketch, the city was a yellow/orange tone, but I knocked it back so that Spider-Man stood out more. I think if i'd used any other colors he would have started to blend in too much, so I needed to keep the background relatively muted.

If you could describe what’s happening in the artwork, how would you describe it?

It's Spider-Man reaching the apex of his swing and flinging himself into the sky before he shoots his next web. It's the point at which he is closest to flying.

If you were a superhero what would be your super-name?

The Procrastinator

If you could have 2 superpowers what would they be?

The power to defeat procrastination and also to be able to shake myself from head to toe like a dog to dry off when i step out of the shower.

You can find out more about Matt Taylor by visiting his sites below. Also, send Matt a tweet and let him know what you think about the artwork. We’re sure he’d love to hear from you.